I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Jul 2024
Interview
[ON CAMPUS HIRING 2024]
The process was on Gurugram campus (onsite). There were 50 people selected from my college. My whole hiring process was done on superset platform.
The interview was conducted on superset platform. HRs will ask you to take your laptop with you to conduct the interview on superset platform itself, so you better setup everything in advance.
The interviewer was sitting in front of me, he had his laptop and I had mine. We both were connected to superset platform for the interview so that it can be recorded.
Then he asked questions like: introduction, education, skills, project overview, technologies used and difficulties faced.
Then he gave me two java programming question based on arrays. An easy and second a medium one.
Then he asked me to write two SQL queries based on a simple problem statement.
Later he proceeded to ask 5-6 Java OOPS questions and 4-5 DBMS theory questions. The questions were theoretical and easy to answer.
After which he asked me about relocation, working in shift and any questions for the interviewer.
The interview lasted for 30-40 mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write an SQL query to display largest and second largest salary from an employee's table.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used
It was three round interview with written test and 2 easy interviews. One technical and one with HR for compensation discussion. All were conducted on the same day. In order to get selected need to stand out and answer uniquely.